'Cake Boss: Next Great Baker' recap: Oh Em Gee

Courtesy of TLC"Cake Boss: Next Great Baker" fans bid farewell to Pamela Ahn, shown above in episode 2. Who will Corina Elgart fight with now?

Tonight's episode of "Cake Boss: Next Great Baker" was a bit of a dud, eh? You'll see.

The Baker's Challenge: Speed and accuracy.

Crack a dozen eggs, role out a perfect pie crust and make a flower out of modeling chocolate. And do it all with speed and accuracy.

It was a tall order, but all seven remaining contestants pretty much knocked it out of the park, no problem, with the adorable Megan Rountree coming in first. As usual.

For her reward, Rountree got to pick the teams for the day's main challenge. Naturally she attempted to side-swipe the drama by picking Jay Qualls, Brian Stevens and and leaving enemies Corina Elgart and Pamela Ahn out, as well as Greggy Soriano of Jersey City.

But "Cake Boss" Buddy Valastro wasn't going to let her off that easily.

"You're not gonna be competing with this team," he informed her and sent her to work with "Team Drama."

"The next great baker can work with anybody," he said. "I want to see you work with the people you do not pick."

"Oh em gee...," said Qualls, the show's resident Southern "beau," who had just been so excited at the prospect of working with Rountree who was still given immunity for the challenge as a consolation.

Enter the day's guest judge and clients.

Valastro's "little" cousin Frankie Amato Jr. stepped in to help judge the challenge. As for the client, the show pulled a stunt not often seen when it comes to a marketing machine like "Cake Boss."

The bakers were informed that they would be making a cake featuring pyrotechnics for a special effects company celebrating its 20th anniversary. No more was said about the name of the company or its location, except that it was "45 minutes away" from the show's base at Hudson County Community College. Representing the company were two black jumpsuit-clad employees, one with a particularly punkish mohawk and handlebar mustache.

"I want cakes that make your hair stand up," said Valastro as he gave out the assignment. "Kinda like his."

And off the teams went to design their cakes. The so-called "girls' team" (Greggy, Pam, Corina and Megan) set out to create a circus/freak-show-themed cake, while the "boys' team" (Brian, Dana and Jay) built their topsy-turvy explosives-themed number.

While no one lost an eye, Brian Stevens did end up with a nasty blister when he tested out one of his special effects and it was Jersey City Medical Center to the rescue as Rountree was knocked clear out of the rest of the episode when an air pump fell on her ankle.

"Oh em fricky frickin' gee," said Soriano.

The physical setbacks out of the way, the teams delivered their cakes to the undisclosed location where they presented them to their clients in an unnamed field.

And after all the build-up, you'd think we'd actually get to see some fun pyrotechnics akin to one of Buddy's showdowns on Food Network Challenge.

Not so much.

The girls' team's circus theme, complete with creepy clown, spewed a bit of smoke and one rocket sputtered out, while their rival's cake was, as Valastro pointed out, a dud.

And so it was up to Valastro and his client to wrap the show up with a bang, exploding both cakes with the push of a button. The losers - Pam, Greggy, Corina and Megan - went first.

Back in the elimination room, Brian Stevens and Pamela Ahn were on the hot seat.

Ultimately, Valastro decided, it was Ahn's time to take a ride the box car, giving Stevens a second chance to redeem himself.